LONDON, Oct 5 (Reuters) - European shares traded slightly higher on Friday, keeping within their recent range, as expectations for a sentiment boost from U.S. macro data day partly offset lingering concerns about crisis-struck Europe.

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stocks led gainers with the market expecting U.S. non farm payrolls (NFP) data, due at 1230 GMT, to show the world's largest economy was picking up.

Jobs likely increased by 113,000 last month, even though the jobless rate likely ticked up to 8.2 percent from 8.1 percent in August.

UK-listed miner Rio Tinto was among top gainers, along with French oil services group Technip , which was also boosted by a contract win in Mexico.

"A good NFP reading could help German, French or UK stocks but Italy and Spain are more focused on the European problems so if there are problems in Spain they're going to be left behind," a trader said.

Appetite for equities has been capped by uncertainty over Spain's debt crisis as Madrid hesitated over asking for a bailout that would pave the way for monetary support from the European Central Bank.